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- "I am ready to face the Trials."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Jedi Trials was a process that Padawans of the Jedi Order took in order to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight. During the trial, Padawans must go through nine steps of trial: teamwork, isolation, fear, anger, betrayal, focus, instinct, forgiveness, and protection.[1] Jedi typically completed their trials in their young adult years,[source?] with some Jedi passing their trials as early as their teenage years.[2]
Jedi Trials could take the form of a task assigned to the Padawan by the master or simply be a matter of circumstance where the master believed the Padawan had proved themselves.[3][4] Keeve Trennis' Jedi Trials took the form of a task assigned by her master Sskeer, which was to claim a Tythonian pendant from the top of the Needles, a group of rock pillars that many had failed to ascend over millennia.[4]
After being acquitted on evidence of the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar during her trial, the Jedi Council pardoned the expelled Padawan Ahsoka Tano and offered to bring her back into the Order. Plo Koon assured Tano that she had the Council's most humble apologies, to which his colleagues stated that the Force worked in mysterious ways. Ultimately, they considered Tano's ordeal in hindsight as being her great trial, making her a greater Jedi and proving herself worthy of becoming a Jedi Knight. However, Tano refused and instead left the Order.[3][5]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- The High Republic: Into the Dark (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: A Test of Courage (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic 1
- The High Republic 2 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Master & Apprentice (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Lair of Grievous" (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" (First appearance)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "To Catch a Jedi"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Wrong Jedi"
- Tarkin (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Rebels webcomic
Star Wars Rebels – "Path of the Jedi"
Star Wars Rebels – "Shroud of Darkness"
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars Expert Guide
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
Star Wars Helmet Collection 28 (Databank A-Z: Queen Jamillia–Jedi Temples)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 72 (Weapons & Uniforms: Training the Jedi)
Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh: Characters of Star Wars the High Republic on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)